Air-conditioned chair

ABSTRACT

An air-conditioned chair is revealed. The air-conditioned chair includes a chair and an air conditioner. The air conditioner consists of at least one first pipe and at least one second pipe. The first pipe is arranged with several vents corresponding to each of two edges on top of the chair. The vents are used to release gases for air-conditioning such as cold air. The second pipe is corresponding to a return air opening on the chair so as to recycle and reuse the gases for air-conditioning A cover is covered over the chair so as to form a small closed air-conditioned space. Thus good air-conditioning efficiency is achieved by lower energy consumption. The air-conditioned chair can be arranged at different vehicles so as to reduce vehicle power output and provide passengers greatest comfort.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Fields of the Invention

The present invention relates to an air-conditioned chair, especially toan air-conditioned chair that provides good air-conditioning efficiencyby lower energy consumption.

2. Descriptions of Related Art

Refer to Taiwanese Pat. Pub. No. 200846216-“air-conditioned chair withmultilayer structure”, an air-conditioned chair includes a chair havinga seat and a back. A concave space is formed on a top layer of thechair, or the back, or the chair and the back. A bottom of the concavespace of the chair is arranged with a plurality of air ventilationholes. Two three-dimensional ventilated meshes are connected anddisposed on the bottom of the concave space. The three-dimensionalventilated mesh is formed by two mesh bodies and a plurality of supportbodies. The two ends of the support body are connected with the meshbody for supporting so as to improve compressive strength of the wholethree-dimensional ventilated mesh. Moreover, a space for air flow isformed. Two porous foams are received in the concave space and aredisposed over a top surface of the three-dimensional ventilated mesh.The porous foam is disposed with a plurality of round air ventilationholes used for ventilation. Two seat covers is arranged over the chairand having a plurality of air ventilation holes above the top surface ofthe porous foam. Air passes the air ventilation holes of the chair,through the three-dimensional ventilated mesh, the round air ventilationholes of the porous foam, and the air ventilation holes of the seatcover so as to regulate the temperature. The ratio of the round holes ofthe porous foam to the air ventilation holes of the seat cover isranging from 1:3 to 1:10 for proper temperature regulation. However, theabove chair still requires air conditioning of the whole vehicleinterior space in practice so that the power consumption of the vehicleconditioning system is not reduced.

Refer to Taiwanese Pat. Pub. No. M373838 “vehicle seat cushion fortemperature regulation”, another chair is revealed. The vehicle seatcushion includes a ventilation and temperature control member, air ductand energy transfer member, and water cooling and energy directingmember. The ventilation and temperature control member consist of a seatcushion, a control regulation base, a temperature control knob, an airflow control knob, an air conditioning duct, a filter mesh, screws forfixing control regulation base, screws for fixing air conditioning duct,an air flow temperature control wire and a power control wire. Thecontrol regulation base is disposed under the seat cushion so as tocontrol temperature and air flow. The filter mesh is arranged in frontof the air-guiding pipe so as to filter air entering the seat cushion.The control regulation base is arranged with a power line that connectedto a vehicle battery or a power source. The air duct and energy transfermember includes an air-guiding energy transfer box, a suction pipe,flexible air duct, heat sinks, cooling chip, screws for fixing fans,pads, electric fans, screws for fixing the suction pipe, and screws forfixing air duct. The heat sinks are arranged at top of the air-guidingenergy transfer box while the suction pipe is disposed on an inlet ofthe member for pumping external air therein and the electric fans aredisposed on an outlet of the member for generating vacuum and pumpingexternal air therein. Heat exchange occurs between the heat sinks andair input. Then the exchanged air is sent to the ventilation andtemperature control member through the flexible air duct. The watercooling and energy directing member includes a water pump, a condenser,a cooling fan, water pipes, a water block, C-shaped iron plates, screwsfor fixing C-shaped iron plates, rings and screws for fixing the coolingfan. The cooling fan is disposed in front of the condenser and the waterpipe on left side of the water block is connected to an input hole onleft side of the condenser while an output hole on right side of thecondenser is connected to a water pipe whose the other end is connectedto an input hole on left side of the water pump. A further water pipe isused to connect an output hole on right side of the water pump with aninput hole on right side of the water block. However, while in use, theair conditioning gases generated from the water cooling and energydirecting member is also dissipated into the vehicle interior space. Theair conditioning efficiency is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore it is a primary object of the present invention to provide anair-conditioned chair that includes a cover for covering outer sides offirst pipes of an air conditioner to form a small closed air-conditionedspace. Thus good air-conditioning efficiency is achieved by lower energyconsumption. The air-conditioned chair can be mounted into a vehicle soas to reduce the vehicle power output and provide passengers in thevehicle greatest comfort at the same time.

In order to achieve above object, the air-conditioned chair of thepresent invention includes a chair and an air conditioner. At least onefirst pipe connected to the air conditioner is disposed on the chair.The first pipe is arranged with a plurality of vents corresponding toeach of two edges on top of the chair 1 so as to release gases forair-conditioning such as cold air. At least one second pipe connected tothe air conditioner is corresponding to a return air opening on thechair and is used for recycling and reusing the gases forair-conditioning. The cover of the chair is covered over an outer sideof the first pipe so as to form a small closed air-conditioned space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The structure and the technical means adopted by the present inventionto achieve the above and other objects can be best understood byreferring to the following detailed description of the preferredembodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment without a cover accordingto the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment with a cover outsideaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing showing an embodiment in a using stateaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing showing an embodiment in another usingstate according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Refer to FIG. 1, an air-conditioned chair according to the presentinvention includes a chair 1 and an air conditioner 2.

The chair 1 consists of a seat portion 11 and a back portion 12connected with each other. An insertion portion 111 is arranged at thefront end and the rear end on two sides of the seat portion 11 and isused to receive a lower pipe 23 of the air conditioner 2 while a returnair opening 112 for mounting a second pipe 24 of the air conditioner 2is arranged at a front end of the seat portion 11 so as to recycle gasesfor air-conditioning such as cold air. Moreover, an insertion portion121 corresponding to each insertion portion 111 is disposed on a bottomof the back portion 12 and a fixing part 122 is arranged concavely ateach of two sides on top of the back portion 12. Two ends of each firstpipe 21 of the air conditioner 2 are respectively connected with theinsertion portion 121 and the fixing part 122. Also refer to FIG. 2, acover 13 on front of the chair 1 is disposed on side edges of the seatportion 11 as well as the back portion 12 and is covered a front surfaceof both the seat portion 11 and the back portion 12 so as to form asmall closed air-conditioned space. A fastener 131 such as zipper etc isset on a central line of the cover 13 so that users can enter or leavethe cover 13. The cover 13 is arranged with a plurality of openings 132through which users can extend their heads and limbs.

The air conditioner 2 can be a small size cooling system with low powerconsumption. Each of two sides of the air conditioner 2 is connectedwith the first pipe 21 while the other end of the first pipe 21 isconnected to a turning tube 22 and the other end of the turning tube 22is connected to the lower pipe 23. The first pipe 21 as well as thelower pipe 23 respectively is arranged with a plurality of vents 211,231 for releasing gases for air-conditioning such as cold air.Furthermore, the second pipe 24 is connected to the front side of theair conditioner 2 and is used for recycling and reusing the gases forair-conditioning.

Refer to FIG. 2, while being assembled, the first pipe 21 on each of twosides of the air conditioner 2 is fixed by the fixing part 122 on eachof the two sides of the back portion 12. Two ends of the turning tube 22are respectively mounted into the insertion portion 111 of the seatportion 11 and the corresponding insertion portion 121 of the backportion 12 while the whole turning tube 22 is mounted inside the chair1. As to the lower pipe 23, the two ends thereof extends out of eachinsertion portion 111 of the seat portion 11, set on each of two sidesof the chair 1. Both the first pipe 21 and the lower pipe 23 are locatedinside the cover 13.

In use, refer to FIG. 3, the chair 1 together with the air conditioner 2is mounted in a vehicle 3 and the air conditioner 2 is connected to avehicle power source for power supply. While sitting on the chair 1, theuser is covered under the cover 13. When the air conditioner 2 is turnedon, also refer to FIG. 2, the air conditioner 2 delivers cold air to asmall air-conditioned space inside the cover 13 through each vent 211,231 on the first pipe 21 and on the lower pipe 23. Good air-conditioningefficiency is achieved by lower energy consumption. Thus the vehicle 3power consumption is reduced and the user inside the vehicle 3 has thegreatest comfort. Moreover, gases for air-conditioning in the cover 13is recycled through the return air opening 112 of the seat portion 11 tothe second pipe 24 to be reused by the air conditioner 2 for betterair-conditioning.

Refer to FIG. 4, the air-conditioned chair of the present invention isin another using state. The difference between this using state and theabove one is in that: the air conditioner 2 is disposed on a scooter 4for providing air conditioning. The chair 1 and the air conditioner 2are with simple structure and are easy to be assembled so that they arealso applied to other vehicles such as lightweight electric vehicles,engineering mechanical vehicles or others.

Compared with the structure available now, the present invention hasfollowing advantages:

-   1. The first pipe of the air conditioner according to the resent    invention is fixed on the chair and the cover over the chair is    wrapped the outer side of the first pipe so as to form a small    closed air-conditioned space. Thus a good balance between the energy    consumption and the air-conditioning efficiency is achieved.-   2. The chair and the air conditioner of the present invention can be    mounted in a vehicle so as to reduce the vehicle power consumption    and simultaneously provide passengers in the vehicle greatest    comfort.-   3. The chair and the air conditioner of the present invention are    with simple structure and easy to be assembled. They can also be    applied to other vehicles such as lightweight electric vehicles,    engineering mechanical vehicles etc. The device has industrial    applications.

Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects isnot limited to the specific details, and representative devices shownand described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be madewithout departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventiveconcept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

1. An air-conditioned chair comprising a chair and an air conditioner,wherein at least one first pipe connected to the air conditioner isdisposed on the chair and the first pipe is arranged with a plurality ofvents corresponding to each of two edges of the chair; at least onesecond pipe connected to the air conditioner is corresponding to areturn air opening mounted on the chair; a cover disposed on the chairis covering outer sides of the first pipe.
 2. The device as claimed inclaim 1, wherein at least one insertion portion and at least one fixingpart are arranged at the chair; the first pipe is penetrated theinsertion portion and is fixed by the fixing part.
 3. The device asclaimed in claim 2, wherein the other end of the first pipe is connectedto a turning tube and the other end of the turning tube is connected toa lower pipe; the lower pipe is disposed with at least one vent and twoends of the turning tube are respectively penetrated and mounted in theinsertion portion.
 4. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein thechair includes a seat portion and a back portion connected with eachother; the insertion portion is disposed on both the seat portion andthe back portion while the fixing part is arranged at the back portion.5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is disposed withat least one fastener.
 6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein thecover is arranged with at least one opening.
 7. The device as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the cover is arranged with at least one opening.